self-sustaining river water cleaning Units2015

Intended design is to build a Self-automated, Low Cost, Solar powered, floating units.They will operate, round the clock collecting trash, along the stretch of rivers, constantly keeping them clean.

These are autonomous units equipped with camera sensor, that detects trash and defines its own path to navigate across river collecting solid waste and other suspended solids. Solar panels mounted on the top act as a power source for the motor pump steering its way. The bottom of the unit has an opening at one end and mesh closing at the other to let the water pass and trap the waste. The unit also has a frequency module which will emit low frequency sonar to alert riverine like fishes so they do not get trapped.

Once the unit is filled with the trash, it will dock itself to the nearest ‘docking unit’ and empty trash. These ‘docking units’ will be active once the ‘trash collecting unit’ returns. They will help lift the unit and empty itself. Docking units will be installed successively at fixed distance, across the shore for the trash collecting unit to dispose waste.

The units will have multiple versions which can be conveniently installed in water bodies like ponds or lakes or rivers. They will serve great benefits for anglers, boaters, Divers or Swimmers from the nuisance of water waste. The project can catalyze economic and ecologic development with efficient integration of alternate source of energy.